Example sentences of "very [adj] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just that being shown into the library , which has been shut up these many years , perhaps brought it home to me how very sad it was for … ’ |
| 2 | Her eyes met his , saw the lazy mockery in their depths , and she felt her heart racing faster , realising anew how very dangerous he was to her family . |
| 3 | You see there , there was a er not paying for it , asking about it , the finance committee how very cold it was for the elderly and they sit in there while some get taken home and |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure he does , but I doubt he could protect a miniature poodle , ’ Martin commented , thinking how very vulnerable she was in this big house with only old Clyde to look after her . |
| 5 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |
| 6 | We even had a coal burning stove on board and very cosy it was on the cold evenings . |
| 7 | It 's just necessary for me to express how very precious she was to me . |
| 8 | Now it is free , and very agreeable it was on a spring morning to walk through its coppices and gardens of oak and maple , white roses and birches and every kind of shrub . |